Updated 12/14/09 RAM
No Child Left Behind - Title II-D
Enhancing Education Through Technology
Department Awards Grants to Research Open Education Resources in English/Language Arts and Career and Technical Education
Elementary and Secondary Education Act - No Child Left Behind
Title IID Enhancing Education Through Technology
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
The Department of Education has made the first grants under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) following the guidelines of Title IID Enhancing Education Through Technology.
The grants were awarded in response to a request for proposals for school administrative units to research and identify for the identification of open educational resources (OER) to support the integration of technology in teaching and learning in two of the nine Content Areas of the Maine Learning Results (MLR). The SAUs are responsible for creating teams of teachers from each of the superintendents regions as well as institutes of higher education and related professional organizations.
RSU 58 was awarded a $50,000 the grant for researching OER materials in English Language Arts. RSU88/SAD24 has been awarded the grant for researching OER materials in Career and Technical Education.
Sandra Schniepp is the contact for the work in English/Language Arts at RSU 58 in Rangeley. Her phone number is 207-265-4132 or email sschniepp@msad58.org
Charlis Sullivan, Director of Adult Education in MSAD 24, is coordinating the work in Career and Technical Education. She can be contacted at to Adult Ed office 207-868-5758 or by email at adulteducation_vanburen@yahoo.com
